'I took the jacket, the sodas, and the thing'

Published: Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 04:05 PM.

CRESTVIEW - A woman accused of shoplifting cried frantically - until she was arrested. Then she became mad and confrontational, a Crestview Police officer reported.

On Dec. 5 the woman was spotted walking into the Walmart on Ferdon Boulevard by a loss prevention employee. He noticed her because she was carrying a large blue bag and her arm was in a sling.

At one point the woman tried on a jacket, then wore it around the store, the employee told officers. She took a soda from a cooler and drank some of it, then went to the candy aisle, picked up a bag of Reese's Minis and hid them inside her sling.

She then left the store. The value of her pilfered goods was $25.28, the store reported.

Officers watched video footage and saw the woman enter the store without a jacket, but later she had one slung over her shoulder.

When the woman was being questioned, she swore she would never steal again and offered to call someone and have them come pay for the merchandise. She said, "I took everything. I took the jacket, the sodas, and the thing. ... But I can promise you guys I can have somebody to pay for it right now tonight, all I gotta do is make a phone call."

She also argued that because she had not left the store, she should be given a chance to pay for the items.

The officer noted she appeared to be crying, but he never saw any actual tears. As officers prepared to leave, "her demeanor slowly changed from frantically crying, without tears, to mad and confrontational," the officer wrote in the arrest report.

She was charged with retail theft and will report to court on Jan. 15.

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CRESTVIEW - A woman accused of shoplifting cried frantically - until she was arrested. Then she became mad and confrontational, a Crestview Police officer reported.

On Dec. 5 the woman was spotted walking into the Walmart on Ferdon Boulevard by a loss prevention employee. He noticed her because she was carrying a large blue bag and her arm was in a sling.

At one point the woman tried on a jacket, then wore it around the store, the employee told officers. She took a soda from a cooler and drank some of it, then went to the candy aisle, picked up a bag of Reese's Minis and hid them inside her sling.

She then left the store. The value of her pilfered goods was $25.28, the store reported.

Officers watched video footage and saw the woman enter the store without a jacket, but later she had one slung over her shoulder.

When the woman was being questioned, she swore she would never steal again and offered to call someone and have them come pay for the merchandise. She said, "I took everything. I took the jacket, the sodas, and the thing. ... But I can promise you guys I can have somebody to pay for it right now tonight, all I gotta do is make a phone call."

She also argued that because she had not left the store, she should be given a chance to pay for the items.

The officer noted she appeared to be crying, but he never saw any actual tears. As officers prepared to leave, "her demeanor slowly changed from frantically crying, without tears, to mad and confrontational," the officer wrote in the arrest report.

She was charged with retail theft and will report to court on Jan. 15.